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Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants

By News Desk on November 16, 2019

Although a single supplier has not been identified, federal officials know of a number of specific beef plants that are contaminated with a strain of Salmonella behind a deadly outbreak. But, the USDA won’t name…
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Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

By News Desk on June 21, 2019

Describing the U.S. food safety system as “hopelessly fragmented and outdated,” a congresswoman is pushing for the creation of a single federal agency to secure the nation’s food supply.

Currently, the Food and Drug Administration…
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ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

By Coral Beach on January 17, 2019

ALERT: A USDA spokesperson told Food Safety News the agency is not staffing its phones dedicated to consumer complaints about meat, poultry and processed egg products during the partial government shutdown. The askkaren.gov service is …
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Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act

By Coral Beach on October 18, 2018

Five years after U.S. representatives wrote to the USDA about the agency’s “unacceptable” response to Salmonella outbreaks traced to chicken, one of the lawmakers says déjà vu is not acceptable as a food safety policy.…
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U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

By Coral Beach on October 5, 2018

A day after the CDC reported two dozen more people have been confirmed with Salmonella infections traced to eggs, a member of Congress asked the head of the Food and Drug Administration to explain what…
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Seeking action: Representative presses FDA for answers on cyclospora in salad

By Guest Opinion on August 6, 2018
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Editor’s note: U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro sent this letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday.


Dear Commissioner Gottlieb:

I write out of concern about the current outbreak of cyclosporiasis as well as the…
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DeLauro pushes FDA for answers on egg outbreak investigation

By News Desk on May 22, 2018

Connecticut democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro Monday sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb asking for additional information regarding the ongoing investigation of a Salmonella outbreak traced to shelled eggs. The outbreak is currently responsible

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U.S. representative wants review of lab meat, cell-cultured food

By Guest Opinion on March 30, 2018

Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, sent the below letter regarding so-called lab meat and other cell-cultured foods to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, on March 28.


Dear Mr. Dodaro:

I…
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U.S. Rep says CDC is endangering lives; wants outbreak details

By Coral Beach on January 9, 2018

A member of Congress says the CDC’s response to a deadly and ongoing E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is deeply alarming and endangering the public.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, fired off a…
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The man behind ‘Nutrition Facts’ is leaving CSPI’s top job

By Center for Science in the Public Interest on November 3, 2016

Michael F. Jacobson will move from being the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest to chief scientist, beginning in September 2017. He has co-directed or directed the nonprofit nutrition and…
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Dole salad scandal spurs calls for stronger FDA

By Coral Beach on April 30, 2016

Reactions have been varied to the news that Dole Food Co. knowingly produced and shipped salads from a contaminated facility, ranging from criticism of the FDA to an admission by Dole’s management that the company…
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